March 12, 2026

The 2026 Oscar Deep Dive (with Fandango's Erik Davis)

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Grab your popcorn and your most judgmental award-season Oscars pajamas. In this episode of Pop Culture Weekly, host Kyle McMahon is joined by Fandango’s Managing Editor and Rotten Tomatoes expert Erik Davis to dissect the absolute chaos that is the 2026 Academy Awards.From record-breaking nominations to the snubs that have "Film Twitter" in a collective meltdown, we’re breaking down who’s going to take home the gold and who’s just there for the gift bag.

In This Episode, We’re Obsessing Over:

  • Genre-Defying Domination: How Ryan Coogler’s Sinners smashed records with 16 nominations and why the Academy is finally giving horror-adjacent films the love they deserve.

  • The PTA "Due" Factor: Why Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another might be the unstoppable force standing in Sinners’ way for Best Picture.

  • The Best Actor Cage Match: Is it Michael B. Jordan’s year after his electrifying multi-character performance, or will the Academy finally hand the trophy to New York’s golden boy, Timothée Chalamet?
  • Aunt Gladys vs. Prophidia: The Best Supporting Actress race is a literal horror show - in the best way possible - as Amy Madigan and Teyana Taylor go head-to-head.

  • The Snubs That Stung: We pour one out for Wicked: For Good and Dune: Part Two, discussing why some of the year's biggest spectacles were left in the cold.

  • The "Marketing Nerd" Perspective: Was Timothée Chalamet’s rogue campaign for Marty Supreme brilliant Gen Z bait or a case of fatal overexposure?
How to Watch Like a Pro:
  • Get Your Cheat Sheet: Head to Rotten Tomatoes for the ultimate downloadable Oscar ballot featuring critic and audience scores here!

  • Binge the Noms: Catch the full "Best Picture" playlist over at Fandango at Home here!

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In this episode of Pop Culture Weekly, Eric Davis and

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I dive into the Oscars twenty twenty six.

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Let's go.

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Welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon from iHeartRadio

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your pop culture news, views, reviews and celebrity interviews on

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all the movies, TV, music and pop culture U Crab Weekly.

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Here's Kyle McMahon.

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No no, no, Hello, and welcome to pop Culture Weekly

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with Kyle McMahon. I of course am Kyle McMahon, and

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this is the show where we celebrate pop culture, question

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our life choices, and occasionally try to explain why we

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care so deeply about tiny golden statues handed out by

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people in tuxedos. And today those tiny golden statues are

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exactly what we're talking about, because the twenty twenty six

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Oscars are here. The Academy Awards, Hollywood's biggest night, the

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Internet's most chaotic night, and the one evening a year

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when phil Twitter, film critics, movie fans, and people who

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have only seen one movie since two thousand and seven

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all of a sudden become professional awards analysis. And honestly,

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I love it. The Oscars are still one of the

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last true pop culture events where the entire entertainment world

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kind of stops for a moment to celebrate movies, the performances,

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the surprises, the speeches that go on way too long,

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and of course the inevitable discourse afterwards. So today we

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are doing a full Oscars deep dive. Who might win,

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who should win, what films are dominating the conversation, and

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what surprises could still shake up Hollywood's biggest night. And

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to help break it all down, I'm joined by someone

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who literally lives and breathes this stuff. I am joined

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by Eric Davis. He's the managing editor at Fandango and

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contributor to Rotten Tomatoes.

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And if you.

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Follow movie news, awards, the and predictions are pretty much

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anything going on in the film world, you've probably seen

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Eric breaking it all down. We're going to talk about

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the biggest Oscar contenders this year, which films have the momentum,

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which categories could be total chaos, and whether there are

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any underdog.

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Movies that might sneak in and steal the night.

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So, if you're filling out an Oscar ballad, arguing with

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your friends or the Internet about Best Picture, or just

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want to sound extremely informed at your Oscars party, this

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conversation will absolutely help returning once again. Here he is

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Eric Davis. So joining me once again is my buddy

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Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes correspondent Eric Davis, and we're talking

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all about the twenty twenty five Oscars.

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Welcome back, Eric.

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Thank you for having me, of course, and.

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It's always a pleasure to talk to you.

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So we are diving in into the twenty five Oscars.

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I gotta know, what do you think in regards to

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the Oscars as a whole. Where did the Academy go

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this year? Was there any surprises for you? Was it

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kind of what you expected? What's your take?

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this year. To be honest with you, I think any

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year where we have sort of a record broken with

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nominations is a cool year and a year where you

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perk up a little bit, especially when that movie is

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a film like Sinners, which of course broke the record

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for nominations this year. What's sixteen. The previous record was fourteen,

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so it beat it by two.

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So it was a pretty pretty.

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Significant milestone that it crushed there. And you know why

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I like it is because you know, here Sinners is

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a fiercely original film. Yes, some people call it a

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horror movie, but I think it's genre defying. I think

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there's some horror in there. There's music in there, there's legacy,

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there's family, there's all sorts of different genres that you know,

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missmash in there. But I think it's just it's exactly

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the kind of film that you want to see break

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a record like that. Especially, you know, we're in a

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day and age where a lot of people sort of

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will complain, but you know, the audiences still want that stuff.

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a desire for original storytelling as well. And so to

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see the two big films up there sinners, and even

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though One Battle after Another is an adaptation, Paul Thomas

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it still feels very original in its scope and its presentation.

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a great win for Hollywood, and it's and it's very

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a horror at least adjacent film is like getting Oscar

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love is, like you know, as you know, rarely ever happened.

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action and you know, music is so tightly integrated into it.

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for Sinners that that's what I'm really, really really rooting for.

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the big score, you know, where I could go and

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just like sit and take it in on this eighty

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foot screen or whatever it is, and you know, it

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accessible too, you know. I mean I have friends that

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you know, who's in it and whatever. And the people

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that I went with loved it too. So it's like

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one of those films for me that talks to different people,

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you know what I'm saying exactly.

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only was it a box office hit, but it was

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also the best reviewed film of the year at Rotten Tomatoes.

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So I mean, this film just really kind of caught

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lightning in a bottle.

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ever seen horror represented. And it's not just from Center

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and some of the folks from Sinners who are nominated,

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a bunch of nominations. You have Amy Madigan for Weapons

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in there, another original horror movie with a big nomination.

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She a lot of people predicting her to win. That award,

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so really great if you are a horror fan, and

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fans had been sort of nudging the Academy right for

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a few years now, being like you got to start

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recognizing horror, because I think definitely in the last ten years,

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we've seen this sort of resurgence, especially sort of with

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like you know, you know, these low budget horror movies

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doing really well at the box office, and I think

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that helped sort of, you know, the genre kind of expand,

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and it helped studios sort of take more chances on horror,

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horror at the moment right now.

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it for a audience score that high to match a

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critics score that high.

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Is that a rare thing?

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that we do see.

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out past Larry Yeah, very high critical score, very high

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audience score both in the in the in the high nineties,

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and so you know, it's definitely something that happens occasionally.

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that film to go on and you know, and break

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these records at the Oscars. You know, that feels very

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rare to see it what it did there. And you know,

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and I think in any other year we're sitting here

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sort of similarly that we did with the year Oppenheimer

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came out being like, you know, this is Oppenheimer's year.

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They're just taking it. But Sinners unfortunately for that film

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has to contend with one battle after another. Both of

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those films could win individually.

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It reminds me of the year where I believe it

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was Paul Thomas Anderson's Will Be Blood up against No

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Country for old Men, you know, and you have these

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two incredible films and one of them had to win.

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for those reasons, in my mind, I think it's sort

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of Paul Thomas Anderson is due, and I think the

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industry feels like he's due, and that's why I ultimately

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I am leaning in the one battle camp.

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Okay, before we get into what was nominated, was there

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any surprises for you that were not nominated this year?

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I think Wicked for Good was a surprise for me.

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You know that kind of got snubbed pretty much across

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the board when it came to the Oscars, and it

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was a big surprise. It was a film that showed

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up in a lot of other awards consideration. I personally

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really enjoyed the film. I thought, you know, the combination

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of the two films was such I think an extraordinary accomplishment,

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especially from the production side and the music side, and

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the performances. Ariana Grande was exceptionally strong in the second film,

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and she had been nominated, you know, in other award shows.

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kind of surprised. But you know a lot of people

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ask me why didn't it show up? And you know,

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the first film was recognized, I think ten Oscar nominations,

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and you know, there could be a sense of the

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Academy saying, you know, we've recognized this film, We've recognized

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the achievement here. And because the second film wasn't as

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strong I think critic with critics or with audiences as

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the first film. The first film really is the fun

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portion of Wicked. I think for those reasons, it sort

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of slipped by voters this year unfortunately, So that would

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for me was probably the biggest snub.

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I kind of thought that it would do a Lord

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of the Rings type of thing where you know, the

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first one, yeah you got nominations and all that, but

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the second one is.

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Where we're we'll really reward you.

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And it did not happen this year, which I think

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is interesting.

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So I agree with you there.

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Yeah, So we'll see when Dune Part three came out,

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because that was another one that Doom Part two I loved,

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and the snubs for Doom Part two like they hurt me,

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like personally hurt me. So I you know, we have

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a Dune Part three coming out later this year, and

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if we do see something like a Lord of the

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Rings where doing part three is honored in that way.

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I hope. I hope so because I think what Didneva

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Leneuve has done with that trilogy has been you know, outstanding.

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Yeah, so jumping in, there's you know, so much we

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Where where do you want to start?

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I mean best Picture? Really the category?

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up on my screen right now, all great films.

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Gun Maverick, buts Maverick esque in the way it's it's delivered.

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film ninety seven percent verified hot it's actually the highest

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scored film of the Best Picture contenders by the audience.

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or not, ninety seven percent.

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So I'm happy to see that in there.

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multiple international titles are in there. What you like to

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see in sentimental value and the Secret Agent, really lovely

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film called Train Dreams from Netflix that's in there.

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going to ask you about that.

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and I guess it didn't with you, No, you.

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when it when it came on to Netflix. I wish

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I had seen it on the big screen. But gorgeous

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film and subtle film sort of feels story book esque.

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from Joel Edgerton. I think it's a film that a

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lot of people should sort of try to discover. But

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you know, what we've seen in the past is if

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these films aren't getting you know, big theatrical moments, sometimes

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they do slip by and and and they're on Netflix,

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and finding anything sometimes on a streaming network is hard. So,

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you know, I think Train Dreams is definitely one of

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those word of mouth films that people who've seen it

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really recommend it to a lot of people.

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because I love Garimel del Toro. I loved his Frankenstein,

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but Sinners, I think this is where I go back

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I think Sinners takes it tomorrow or even later this afternoon.

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you think those two will cancel each they're out?

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you know. And we have some multiple people nominated for

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the for the same film in the acting categories, and

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in those situations, I can sometimes see canceling out happening.

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other at I think Sinners will will get its own

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votes without a doubt and won battle. So I do

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you know, it's it's interesting I look at sometimes I

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look at these other award shows. A lot of people

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look at other award shows and say, who who won

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these awards? And that's historically what's gonna tell you who

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wins Best Picture. But sometimes I look at the award

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shows that actually happen while people are voting for the Oscars,

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because the noise that comes out of those shows, sometimes

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it could, you know, they could convince a voter to say, you.

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Maybe I'm gonna vote for them. So the after awards

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happened and we saw Sinners win, you know, the Casting Award,

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so that you know, a big win like that. And

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talk about Michael B. Jordan, I think it's gonna help him,

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I think more than more than anything else. But you

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could see a lot of noise around Sinners happening right

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as people are voting, and that could help it ultimately

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win Best Picture. I still think though, that one battle

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after another is our ultimate winner.

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Marty supreme. This is such I love the film and

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I love Timmy. However, there seems to be some pushback,

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at least on the social media side, about this kind

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of campaign that he's doing kind of on his own.

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I feel like, uh, do you think that harms a

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film's chances or his own chances?

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there's one side of you that can say it's brilliant,

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you know. I mean, he took this sort of film

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about aspiring ping pong players set in nineteen fifties New

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a movie that gen Z had to see in twenty

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twenty six. So I think from a marketing perspective, and

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what they did with that film was brilliant. But then

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and sometimes when you're seeing too much of someone in

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tired of seeing that person and say, you.

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vote for the other guy.

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that marketing campaign. I think what they the way they

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pushed that film out, I thought was brilliant.

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going to take the prize?

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I mean, this is the film that's been winning Best

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Picture everywhere, you know, and I except we did talk

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about Sinners winning Best Casting, but keep in mind there's

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also a brand new casting category this year Oscars, and

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at the Critics' Choice Awards, similar thing, brand new you know,

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casting category and a Best Picture. Sinners took that casting category,

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and then One Battle took Best Picture. I am predicting

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the same thing to happen on Sunday at the Oscars.

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Okay, all right, Eric, we're gonna take a quick break

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back to it. I guess we can. Let's go right

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into Best Actor because we just spoke about it.

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Michael B.

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Jordan, I mean, I think in my opinion he really

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has I don't want to say a leg up on

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the others, but he did two characters brilliantly, which I

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feel like gives you double points at a lot of

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you know what I mean if I was voting and

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I'm like, wow, not only did you do one character amazing,

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but you did two characters amazingly, Like is that a thing?

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Or am I just making that up?

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I think some would argue that he played three characters

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because one of those characters goes through something at the

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towards you that to spoil it, But yeah, I think

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you know, it's a phenomenal performance in a phenomenal film.

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And it's interesting because Michael B. Jordan has not been

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winning this award this season. He's sort of been on

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the you know, on the peripherary. You know, you've seen

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Timothy Shalomey win this award a few times. You've seen

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Wagner Moore win it for The Secret Agent, so you haven't,

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you know, Michael B. Jordan's been sort of, you know,

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kind of hanging around but not really winning it until

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the Actor Awards. And what we saw at the Actor

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Awards was such a huge outpouring of love. If you

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go back and watch the way Viola Davis announces that win,

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she was so ecstatic and that kind of noise, that

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kind of electricity from a win while people are voting

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for the Oscars, I think could do a lot. And

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so I actually went a couple of days ago. I'll

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be honest with you. I saw Marty Supreme in early November,

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and I'm predicting awards as early as October on this

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site called gold Derby, where I'm an expert. The morning

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after I saw Marty Supreme, I put Timothy Shallomey to

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win Best Actor. Haven't touched it, haven't touched it in months.

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Jordan.

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So that's how much I feel the energy from that

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win at the Actor Awards is going to resonate now

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throughout the industry as people are voting for the Oscars.

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So I do think Michael B. Jordan wins it on Sunday,

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but caveat Timothy shallome is right there. Yeah, and if

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he does win, It's not going to be a surprise.

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I love, and I'm I'm kind of right there with you.

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I think for me, Michael B. Jordan is the winner,

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but I could see Timothy taking it home as well,

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and uh yeah, yeah, I'll leave that there, but yeah,

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I could see. I could see that happening. But I'm

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rooting for Michael just because I love Sinners so much.

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Yeah, I love Sinners too. I'm rooting for Michael B.

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Jordan.

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I'm rooting for his collaboration with Ryan Coogler. These guys

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have been collaborating on several films already, and so you'll see,

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you know. But then again, Timothy Shallow, may you know,

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he's a New York born and raised. It feels like

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the kind of role he was born to play. He's

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been nominated three times now, you know, the Academy they

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want to give him, they want to give him that Oscar.

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They're trying to get it to him. So and I

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think if there's any role that he's going to win

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the Oscar for, it is this role. Because like I said,

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I think he was born to play this kid from

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New York. So it's going to be a tight race

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and I'm excited because it wasn't necessarily a tight race

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a month ago. Now it's a tight race, and so

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that's gonna be an exciting moment at the Oscars.

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Best Actress for twenty twenty six.

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Yeah, this I think has been the lock for months.

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When I first saw Hamnet at the Toronto Film Festival

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and I was wiping away the tears fronting down my

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face from that finale, one of the best finales I

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think of a film, or at least one of the

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strongest I've ever seen. I knew Jesse Buckley was gonna

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win Best Actress, so I was like, this is it.

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There's nobody else to call it now, And sometimes sometimes

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you have categories like that, you have years like that

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where it's like call it now. In November, it's just done,

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and she's won this award all the way through, with

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the exception of the Golden Globes where they split out

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comedy and Musical and Drama. So I definitely think Jesse

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Buckley's gonna win. I would be this would be the

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shocker of the evening if Jesse Buckley loses Best Actress.

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Great Actress.

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I'm happy that she's gonna win because She's been in

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this sort of indie space for a while. A lot

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of the you know, film nerds know Jesse Buckley, but

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she's not a sort of a household name to general audiences.

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I think this is going to make her a household

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name and just a great actress. I'm excited to see

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where she goes from here after she wins the Oscar

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on Sunday?

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How did I love that? Confidence?

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How did how did Hammett score with Rotten Tomato critics

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and audience?

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Strong, eighty six percent certified fresh with the critics, ninety

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three percent verified Hot with the audiences. Which is great

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to see because sometimes you get these sort of you know,

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slower moving, kind of more intimate personal movies that audiences

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are divided on. Maybe it's not as accessible for some audiences,

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and so to see this with such a high audience

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score is really great, and it means that the film

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just sort of really hit where it needed to hit

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with with all sorts of different audiences.

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Best supporting actress since we're in.

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That space, all right, So this is an exciting category this.

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You know, I've been a Tianna Taylor fan all the way.

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I remember first seeing one Battle. I got to see

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one battle kind of early and I walked out of

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there and I was like, Tianna Taylor is so.

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Good in this movie.

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But she's only in like the first act of the movie.

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Is it enough to get her the Oscar?

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You know?

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And but that's what you have with supporting roles, and

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you'll have somebody that's in it for a minute, but

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their presence is just so you know, overwhelming that you

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can't say, you can't stop thinking about this character when

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they're on screen. And I think she does it with

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Perfidia Beverly Hills. But then you have Amy Madigan also

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similar kind of comes in towards the end second half

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of Weapons, but really sort of you know, makes a

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you know, makes a name for herself in that movie

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and just does great things with that character character and

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Gladys And I think, you know, speaking to sort of

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the people that want to see horror win, they want

461
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to see a big win for horror, and I think

462
00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:29.599
that could ultimately push Amy Madigan you know, over the

463
00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:32.279
edge here. Also, it's been been in Hollywood for a

464
00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:34.839
long time. It's been forty years since she she was

465
00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:37.400
nominated for her first Oscar, So I think that would

466
00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:40.559
be a really nice win for her, But then you

467
00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:43.920
also have one Me Masaku in there for sinners. She's

468
00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:46.319
won a couple of times on the Awards sort of

469
00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:50.039
season path, so she could slide in there. But as

470
00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:53.839
we were talking earlier, in terms of canceling actors who

471
00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:58.279
cancel each other out, the two nominated for sentimental value

472
00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:02.319
L and I could see them canceling each other out

473
00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:05.519
in this scenario, and so one of those three, Amy won,

474
00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:09.039
me or Tiana will win. I'm currently predicting Tiana, but

475
00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:11.160
there's a there's a part of me that really feels

476
00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:12.839
like Amy is gonna win it.

477
00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:16.960
I I want I love Tiana Taylor, and I do

478
00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:20.200
love her in one Battle, but I am personally rooting

479
00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:23.559
for Amy Madigan one because of weapons. I think it's

480
00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:27.079
such an original film too. Aunt gladys Uh is just

481
00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:32.200
an I immediately iconic character. The way she portrayed her

482
00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:37.279
is absolutely brilliant and and I love her kind of

483
00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:42.079
career resurgence with this. You know that, at least for

484
00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:45.480
me and in my circles, Amy Madigan wasn't necessarily on

485
00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:50.599
the radar in the last while, and this kind of

486
00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:54.920
put her on the map again and and so I

487
00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:58.160
love that kind of underdogish story, you know, that kind

488
00:25:58.160 --> 00:26:02.119
of comeback story. So I have multiple reasons, but that's who.

489
00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:04.079
That's who I'm rooting for there.

490
00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:06.000
So it's it's great.

491
00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:09.160
And that's why you love the oscars because you're Deanna Taylor,

492
00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:12.200
who's sort of just coming out as an actress really

493
00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:14.319
sort of. This is only been in a couple of movies,

494
00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:16.920
so this could be a big deal for her and

495
00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:20.039
her Hollywood aspirations. And then you have Amy, who's a

496
00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:23.480
veteran you know, not necessarily a household name these days,

497
00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:26.160
but winning this Oscar could be a huge thing for

498
00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:29.079
her and her career. So you know, that's why you

499
00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:31.880
have these stories. No matter which way it goes, it's

500
00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:34.359
a really great story and a really great win. So

501
00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:37.839
curious to see who wins this one. I haven't changed

502
00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:42.119
my prediction to Amy yet, but I may.

503
00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:44.519
May You're good. We're on the countdown now.

504
00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:51.039
Best best actor in a supporting role, which I think

505
00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:53.559
is this is I think this is super interesting.

506
00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:55.599
I'm curious to hear what you think.

507
00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:59.519
This is interesting because I want to say, like the

508
00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:03.240
actress role you're gonna see Benicio del Toro and Sean

509
00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.759
Penn cancel each other out.

510
00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:07.440
But that's not what we've been seeing of late.

511
00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:11.400
Sean Penn has been winning Actor in a Supporting Role,

512
00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:14.119
and he wasn't winning this award. You know, this award

513
00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:17.279
was going to Jacob Elordi at the Critics Choice Stellen

514
00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:20.680
scars Guard won it, you know, and so you've been

515
00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:23.480
seeing different people win this award. But now we're seeing

516
00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:25.759
a little bit of momentum for Sean Penn. I actually

517
00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:30.160
just changed my prediction from Stellin scars Guard over to

518
00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:34.880
Sean Penn because he's been winning this award and it

519
00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:39.039
seems like he's got some momentum. So Sean could take it.

520
00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:42.960
Stellin could take it, even though he wasn't nominated for

521
00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:44.839
the Actor Awards.

522
00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.680
But he could take it.

523
00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:48.599
Jacob Elordi could take I mean, this is really a

524
00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:53.319
category where it's anybody's to win. And then maybe everybody

525
00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:55.640
cancels each other out. And then del Roy Lindo it's

526
00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:59.160
seventy three years his first Oscar nomination. Maybe he wins

527
00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:04.200
for Sinner would be an amazing sort of career win

528
00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:07.759
for him. But I at this moment in time, I'm

529
00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.799
predicting Sean Penn.

530
00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:13.240
Okay, I you know, all of these actors I love

531
00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:17.000
and I love them in this Delroy I love because,

532
00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:19.400
as you said, his first nomination at seventy was the

533
00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:25.319
seventy three incredible Jacob ALORDI I love again Frankenstein, I

534
00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:29.599
love Girmo, do Toro, I love Jacobs as you know

535
00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:34.559
Frankenstein and Benicio. I feel like he's always just such

536
00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:39.920
a solid, you know, a solid. He always brings his

537
00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:42.880
a game, you know. And so it is for me

538
00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:46.240
kind of a toss up. I'm like, I don't know

539
00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:47.960
where it's going to go, and I don't even know

540
00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:50.759
who I want to root for because they're all really great.

541
00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:53.160
I don't have like a dog in this race, in

542
00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:56.200
this one where I'm really like, this needs to win.

543
00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:59.119
So I'm super curious how it's going to turn out.

544
00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:02.160
Yeah, yeah, I think for me, if like somebody said,

545
00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.640
who would you want to win? If I think it

546
00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:06.960
would be del Roy Lindo. I just I think he's

547
00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:10.160
just such a he's just a legend in the industry,

548
00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:12.480
and you know, to see him sort of nominated for

549
00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:15.880
US for the first time in seventy three for this film,

550
00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:19.759
which was such an incredible film. You know, I would

551
00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:23.319
love to see him win it personally, but yeah, all

552
00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:26.079
these guys did a great job. And I love Benicio.

553
00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:28.519
I think he did such a fantastic job in the

554
00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:30.559
film too. At first I thought it was gonna be

555
00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:34.680
Benicio who took this award, but but you know, Colonel Lockjaws,

556
00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:38.680
Sean Penn left the mark. Ye really great performance from him,

557
00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:41.359
and you can see it and it's sort of resonating

558
00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:43.279
with voters as we get later in the season, and

559
00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:45.559
he's been winning it, so you know, let's see if

560
00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:48.039
Sean Pen rides that momentum into an oscar.

561
00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:53.359
Win Best Director. You know, we have.

562
00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:59.160
Some really interesting choices, you know, some some I think

563
00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:01.640
obviously expect that there were a few that I wasn't

564
00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.920
necessarily expecting.

565
00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:04.880
What are your thoughts?

566
00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:09.079
You know, I'm a big Paul Thomas Anderson fan, have

567
00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.559
been for a long time.

568
00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:13.079
And Magnolia is one of my favorite movies ever.

569
00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:16.039
By the way, Yep, Boogie Knights, Magnolia, Punch, Drunk Glove,

570
00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:17.839
there will be blood. I mean, I can just keep

571
00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:21.200
reeling them off. They are all such consequential movies in

572
00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:23.480
terms of sort of me growing up to be the

573
00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:26.160
cinema fan that I am. I owe a lot of

574
00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:29.960
it to Paul Thomas Anderson's movies, and so I am

575
00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:32.920
in my personal sort of feeling here as I want

576
00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:35.319
Paul to win, but I also think he's been winning

577
00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:37.480
this award. I mean, this is another one where it's

578
00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:40.519
sort of similar to Jesse Buckley. He's been winning this

579
00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:44.000
Director Award straight through all the way through. So I

580
00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:48.640
do see that playing a role in who wins this category,

581
00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:52.279
and I definitely see him winning this category. But it's

582
00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:56.039
great to see Ryan Coogler in there with his first nomination,

583
00:30:56.559 --> 00:31:00.519
Chloe Jao for having only the second woman to ever

584
00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:02.200
be nominated twice for the.

585
00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:04.759
Best Director Oscar Interest. I think it is great.

586
00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:07.559
She won of course for Nomad Land, So it's great

587
00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:11.000
to see Chloe in there. Josh Safty from Marty Supreme,

588
00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:15.000
great to see him in Jokim Treer for Sentiment of Value.

589
00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:18.599
So every guy, you know, everybody in here is strong. Yeah,

590
00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:20.559
but I don't think any of them are going to

591
00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:23.359
beat mister Paul Thomas Anderson for one battle after another.

592
00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:26.359
That's That's who I'm thinking is going to win. And

593
00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:31.400
again I'm torn between Pta and Ryan Kugler. You know,

594
00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:36.279
I have a special affinity, especially for Ryan Kugler. But

595
00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:39.480
like you you know, I remember watching Magnolia as a

596
00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:42.960
kid when I probably had no business watching that and

597
00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:46.720
that Frau you know, the frogs, and like, I just

598
00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:49.599
remember being like, wait, what is going on? And then

599
00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:51.960
I remember thinking about it and thinking about it and

600
00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:56.559
thinking about it and being like, Okay, this is cinema,

601
00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:58.559
this is film, you know what I mean, Like this

602
00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:02.960
is it's not so supposed to be always easy and digestible,

603
00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:06.599
Like sometimes you gotta think and sometimes it makes you

604
00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:09.440
think long after you know the credits roll, and so

605
00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:13.319
I have that personal affinity for him too, So you know.

606
00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:16.480
I'm torn. I hope it's one of them. I hope

607
00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.119
it's one of them.

608
00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:20.319
Personally, it's definitely gonna be one of them, you know.

609
00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:22.519
And those are two film centers in one battle after

610
00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:24.599
another that you watch them and you just kind of

611
00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:27.640
say to yourself, this is next level filmmaking. Yeah, it's

612
00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:30.000
just next level. I remember sitting watching Sinners for the

613
00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:32.200
first time thinking that I'm like, there's just this is

614
00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:36.359
just a different level of filmmaking. It's not like what

615
00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:39.119
we normally see and all the other movies like this

616
00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:41.920
is just okay. This guy's operating on a different level,

617
00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:45.079
and it's always very exciting when you see that. Of course,

618
00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:47.200
when you bring the imax of it all into it,

619
00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:50.279
and you know, I think it's it's it's a lot

620
00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:53.559
of fun. So so yeah, I think one of those

621
00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:55.799
guys is gonna win. I personally think it's going to

622
00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:57.599
be pull Tom Sanders.

623
00:32:57.240 --> 00:33:02.079
And this week are we able to see you know?

624
00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:04.039
Can I get tickets to Fandango for any of the

625
00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:05.359
Best Picture noms?

626
00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:06.920
Is? Are they playing anywhere?

627
00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:09.680
Well? I have Fandango at home.

628
00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:14.039
We have a whole playlist of nominees. I would say, yeah,

629
00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:16.480
so I they're probably there may be a couple of

630
00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:20.480
these playing in theaters, but I would say the majority

631
00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:22.480
of them, almost all of them are at home now

632
00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:25.119
right as we kind of get into the Oscars. So

633
00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:28.839
I would start your watching journey at Fandango at home,

634
00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:32.039
look for our playlist of all the nominees and you'll

635
00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:34.839
see the mayor. Of course, films like Frankenstein and Training

636
00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:39.359
Dreams you'll be able to find on Netflix and Happy Watching.

637
00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:42.799
All of these are worth or worth seeing and I

638
00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:46.480
would try at least to watch those those Best Picture contenders.

639
00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:48.599
This way you can make up your own decision. And

640
00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:51.400
of course, if you're playing at home with your friends,

641
00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:54.279
we have this really great downloadable ballot over at Rotten

642
00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:57.400
Tomatoes that has all of your nominees with the scores

643
00:33:57.440 --> 00:34:00.200
next to them, so as you're sort of checking off

644
00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:02.359
who won with your friends, you could be like, did

645
00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:04.519
you know that this score? This movie had a ninety

646
00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:07.319
four pisode verified hot score. You know, you can kind

647
00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:10.599
of rattle off the scores and people will think, Wow,

648
00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:12.039
you really know your stuff.

649
00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:14.000
Do you. I love that. We'll have the link to

650
00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:16.000
that in the show notes. What are you going to

651
00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:17.639
be doing? How are you watching someday?

652
00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:21.920
I mean, I always prefer to watch in my pajamas,

653
00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:24.920
in my recliner. It's always the way that I prefer

654
00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:28.920
to watch the Oscars, and so that's how I'm going

655
00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:32.840
to be watching it on Sunday. I like to watch

656
00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:35.679
with my family, and my daughter is a big movie fan,

657
00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:38.119
and so we're always sitting there talking about the films

658
00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:41.639
as it's rolling out, and so in our team, of

659
00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:44.480
course on Fandangle, Rotten Tomatoes on Social will be covering

660
00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:46.960
it live and so we'll have all the big moments

661
00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:48.719
across our social channels too.

662
00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:53.880
And any any ever heated debates in your family on

663
00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:55.960
Oscar Night or you guys pretty in lock.

664
00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:59.119
We're pretty in lock.

665
00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:02.159
Although my daughter is a bit a bit peeved about

666
00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:06.039
the Wicked for Good. She was a Wicked for Good fan.

667
00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:09.039
We actually went together to the premiere in New York

668
00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:11.920
for the all. He's still listening to the way I

669
00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:14.039
hear it blasting out of the shower, the Wicked, the

670
00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:17.079
Wicked music, still listening to it. So I think she's

671
00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:21.159
a little bit scarred by that. But but it'll be

672
00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:22.800
it'll be a fun watch for sure.

673
00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:26.039
I love that as always, Eric, thank you so much.

674
00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:28.880
We'll have all of the links to the ballot, to

675
00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:32.320
Fandango at Home playlist, you know, to Rotten Tomatoes, so

676
00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:36.800
we can you know, kind of go along as we're

677
00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:40.400
watching with the scores and all, and please, as always

678
00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:43.079
come back again. We'll talk about you know, upcoming summer

679
00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.920
movies or whatever.

680
00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:46.920
Definitely, man, Yeah, we have a huge pat summer coming up,

681
00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:48.719
so we'll have to get together and chat about some

682
00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.639
of those titles soon.

683
00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:58.159
Awesome, Thank you, Eric, Eric, Davis. That's Eric Davis from

684
00:35:58.199 --> 00:36:01.239
Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes. All a joy to have him on,

685
00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:03.960
and honestly, if you're looking for someone who has their

686
00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:07.280
finger on the pulse of what's happening in movies right now,

687
00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:11.920
Eric is absolutely one of those people. Award season always

688
00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:15.360
brings a little drama, a few surprises, and at least

689
00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:19.239
one result that sends the Internet into complete meltdown mode.

690
00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:22.639
So we'll see how it all plays out on Oscar night.

691
00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:26.920
But no matter what happens, one thing is still true.

692
00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:29.679
It is a pretty great time to be a movie fan.

693
00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:30.760
All right.

694
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That's it for this episode of pop Culture Weekly. If

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It's the Uskers Sinners Better Win.

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It's the Yaskers and ed Glatics. It's the yskers Frankenstantia win.

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It's theskers.

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